Writing

Field notes for the age of generative everything.

Essays on AI, culture, community, creative practice, consent, taste, and what stays human when the tools get loud.

  • A new default theme for Drupal?

    A new default theme for Drupal? We’ve long wanted a new default theme for Drupal. Our trusty workhorse theme Bluemarine has long outlived its usefulness: the markup still…

  • THEY Representation Inc.

    THEY Representation Inc. I met with Gina Hole of They Represenation last night about rep’ing me as a photographer. Hopefully will find the time to blog about here…

  • Northern Voice 2007

    Due to the overwhelmingly positive feedback from attendees to Northern Voice 2006 and Northern Voice 2005 we’ve decided to bring it back again for 2007. For those of…

  • Giving away the photo store

    Giving away the photo store love that Kris Krug gives away most of his photos, as discussed in this article on MediaShift. One of my favorite sessions at…

  • Drupal Training by Raincity Studios and Bryght

    Drupal Training by Raincity Studios and Bryght Join Raincity Studios and Bryght, organizers of DrupalCamp Seattle, as we present four days of design, development, and ideas to get…

  • Why Smart People Love ‘Battlestar Galactica’

    Why Smart People Love ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Apart from predictably attracting sci-fi viewers, fans say it offers the only fresh take on terrorism, religion, gender, abortion, civil liberty, democracy…

  • SXSW 2007

    SXSW 2007 I signed up today for South By Southwest 2007, March 9-18th in Austin, Texas. Internet Spring Break here I come!

  • My Beijing Peeps

    I helped pull together a lil meetup yesterday with the Beijing Flickr Meetup Group at the Temple of Heaven. Afterwards we retired to the rooftop of the Bejing…

  • Martin Bloom @ China Access 2008 in Beijing

    I’m doing a series of videoblog posts over at YouTube with some of the interesting peeps I’m meeting here at China Access 2008 Business forum in Beijing. Meet…

  • Back to China!

    On Friday I’ll be headed back to China as part of the China Access 2008 program for the IT and Creative industries. I’m very excited to return to…

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